Example sentences of "they [vb past] at [adj] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | These signals may have been less predictive of the outcome because they occurred at higher frequencies at earlier stages in the conflicts . |
| 2 | Because it was sound sense to do so , they looked at other properties for sale . |
| 3 | Ca n't think what people see in them , ’ he added darkly , referring to the fact that most of the Zoo visitors who came by the Cages spent more time looking at the vultures than they did at African eagles like him . |
| 4 | The Webbs explain that their original definition , relating the trade unions ' function to conditions of employment , implied that trade unions had always contemplated a perpetual continuance of the capitalist or wage system , whereas they had at various dates during the past century at any rate frequently had aspirations towards a revolutionary change in social and economic conditions . |
| 5 | The traditional Conservative cry against the nationalised industries thus had some plausibility for anyone concerned with a correct allocation of investment resources in the economy : though it should be remembered that the electricity boards were ( unlike private industry ) not in general free to invest as much as they wished at low rates of return , but were subject to annual quantitative limits agreed with the Minister . |
| 6 | Whenever they came to meetings at the department they sat at opposite ends of the table . |
| 7 | They sat at different places in the room , most of them also with drinks cradled in their hands . |